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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE U.S.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
[Public Notice 114]
Farm Credit Administration Board;
Regular Meeting
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY:
Farm Credit Administration.
Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the Government in the
Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of
the regular meeting of the Farm Credit
Administration Board (Board).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
The Export-Import Bank, as a
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public and other
Federal Agencies to comment on the
proposed information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. The form will be used by
exporters to report and pay premiums
on insured shipments to various foreign
buyers. Our customers will be able to
submit this form on paper or
electronically.
SUMMARY:
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before June 29, 2009 to
be assured of consideration.
DATES: Date and Time: The regular
meeting of the Board will be held at the
offices of the Farm Credit
Administration in McLean, Virginia, on
May 14, 2009, from 9 a.m. until such
time as the Board concludes its
business.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roland E. Smith, Secretary to the Farm
Credit Administration Board, (703) 883–
4009, TTY (703) 883–4056.
Farm Credit
Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive,
McLean, Virginia 22102–5090.
ADDRESSES:
Direct all comments and
requests for additional information to
Walter Kosciow, Export-Import Bank of
the U.S., 811 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20571, (202) 565–3649,
(800) 565–3946, or
walter.kosciow@exim.gov.
Parts of
this meeting of the Board will be open
to the public (limited space available),
and parts will be closed to the public.
In order to increase the accessibility to
Board meetings, persons requiring
assistance should make arrangements in
advance. The matters to be considered
at the meeting are:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Open Session
Title and Form Number: Report of
Premiums Payable for Exporters Only,
EIB 92–29.
OMB Number: 3048–0017.
Type of Review: Regular.
Need and Use: The information
requested enables the applicant to
provide Ex-Im Bank with the
information necessary to record
customer utilization and manage
prospective insurance liability relative
to risk premiums received.
Affected Public: The form affects
entities involved in the export of U.S.
goods and services.
Estimated Annual Respondents:
1,850.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 30
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 11,100.
Frequency of Reporting or Use:
Monthly.
A. Approval of Minutes
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
Solomon Bush,
Agency Clearance Officer.
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• April 16, 2009.
B. New Business
• Effective Interest Rates—Proposed
Rule.
C. Reports
• Mission-Related Investments
Report.
• Office of Management Services
Quarterly Report.
• Office of Examination Quarterly
Report.
Closed Session *
• Update on the Office of
Examination Oversight Activities.
Dated: April 28, 2009.
Roland E. Smith,
Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board.
[FR Doc. E9–10053 Filed 4–28–09; 4:15 pm]
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* Session Closed-Exempt pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(8) and (9).
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management
and Budget, Comments Requested
April 22, 2009.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burden,
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that
does not display a valid control number.
Comments are requested concerning (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before June 1, 2009. If
you anticipate that you will be
submitting PRA comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the FCC contact listed below as
soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at
202–395–5167 or the Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal
Communications Commission, or an
e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy
of this information collection request
(ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the
Web page https://reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the
web page called ‘‘Currently Under
Review’’, (3) click on the downwardpointing arrow in the ‘‘Select Agency’’
box below the ‘‘Currently Under
Review’’ heading, (4) select ‘‘Federal
Communications Commission’’ from the
list of agencies presented in the ‘‘Select
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Agency’’ box, (5) click the ‘‘Submit’’
button to the right of the ‘‘Select
Agency’’ box, and (6) when the list of
FCC ICRs currently under review
appears, look for the title of this ICR (or
its OMB Control Number, if there is one)
and then click on the ICR Reference
Number to view detailed information
about this ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
information collection(s), contact Judith
B. Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the
Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0512.
Title: ARMIS Annual Summary
Report—FCC Report 43–01.
Report No.: FCC Report 43–01.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 45
respondents; 45 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 88
hours (average).
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C.
sections 219 and 220 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 3,960 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Not
applicable.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Ordinarily, questions of a sensitive
nature are not involved in the ARMIS
Annual Summary Report (FCC Report
43–01). The Commission contends that
areas in which detailed information is
required are fully subject to regulation
and the issue of data being regarded as
sensitive will arise in special
circumstances only. In such
circumstances, the respondent is
instructed on the appropriate
procedures to follow to safeguard
sensitive data. See 47 CFR 0.459 for
procedures for requesting confidential
treatment of data.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is
requesting a revision of this information
collection in order to obtain the full
three year clearance from the OMB. The
total annual hourly burden for this
collection is now estimated at 3,960
hours, a decrease of 7,128 hours. The
Commission notes that the total number
of respondents has decreased from 124
to 45. We are also reducing the hourly
burden by to reflect that 80 respondents
that will not file this report attributed to
the Memorandum Opinion and Order,
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FCC 08–271, on December 12, 2008 that
reflects the Commission’s forbearance
that AT&T, Quest and Verizon need not
file this ARMIS Report. Therefore, the
Commission is reporting a ¥6,952 hour
program change for this change in the
annual hourly burden estimate.
Secondly, the Commission is also
reducing the hourly burden by a ¥176
hour adjustment to reflect two study
area carriers that will not file this report
since their revenue falls below the
reporting threshold used for classifying
carrier categories for various accounting
and reporting purposes.
Finally, we are increasing the
estimated average time per response by
88 hours to reflect a more accurate
estimate to complete and file the report.
The Commission is requesting OMB
approval of a revision of this
information collection. We are
decreasing the number of study area
carriers filing this report to reflect the
Commission’s recent ARMIS orders. In
the December 12, 2008, Memorandum
Opinion and Order, WC Docket No. 07–
204, FCC 08–271, the Commission,
among other things, granted forbearance
from the obligation of Quest, AT&T and
Verizon to file ARMIS Report 43–01.
This forbearance was conditioned on a
Commission approval of those carriers’
compliance plans. The Commission also
imposed one further condition on its
forbearance from the ARMIS Financial
Reports—that each carrier continue to
file an annual public filing without any
assertions of confidentiality, of the pole
attachment cost data currently filed as
part of ARMIS Report 43–01 in WC
Docket No. 07–204. The Commission’s
forbearance required those three carriers
to file pole attachment data for all states
in the next annual filing after approval
of their compliance plan, but
subsequent filings with the Commission
need not include data for those states
that have certified to regulation of pole
attachments. By letters to the
Commission, these three carriers agreed
voluntarily to comply with the pole
attachment condition. On December 31,
2008, by public notice, the Commission
found that Quest, AT&T and Verizon
had satisfied the condition that they
obtain approval of compliance plans
describing in detail how they will
continue to fulfill their statutory and
regulatory obligations. Therefore, these
three carriers are no longer required to
file this ARMIS Report 43–01 so long as
they comply with the pole attachment
filing condition. We are also reducing
the hourly burden to reflect two
additional respondents that will not file
this report since their revenue fell below
the reporting threshold used for
classifying carrier’s categories for
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various accounting and reporting
purposes. This is an adjustment
reduction of 176 hours to reflect the two
fewer respondents. We are also
increasing the number of study area
reporting carriers by one. Finally, the
Commission is changing the estimated
average time per response to 88 hours to
accurately reflect the estimated time to
complete and file this report.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0859.
Title: Suggested Guidelines for
Petitions for Ruling Under Section 253
of the Communications Act.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 80
respondents; 80 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 63–125
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C.
section 253 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 6,280 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting
respondents to submit confidential
information to the Commission.
Respondents may request confidential
treatment of such information, in some
cases, of such information under 47 CFR
0.459 of the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this information collection
to the OMB during this comment period
in order to obtain the full three year
clearance from them. The Commission
is requesting an extension (no change in
the reporting requirement). There is no
change in the estimated number of
respondents/responses or annual
burden hours.
The Commission published a Public
Notice on November 1998 which
established various procedural
guidelines related to the Commission’s
processing of petitions for preemption
pursuant to Section 253 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended. The Commission will use the
information to discharge its statutory
mandate relating to the preemption of
state or local statutes or other state or
local legal requirements.
Section 253 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended; added by the
Telecommunications Act of 1996,
requires the Commission, with certain
important exceptions, to preempt the
enforcement of any state or local statute
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or regulation, or other state or local legal
requirement (to the extent necessary)
that prohibits or has intrastate
telecommunications service. The
Commission’s consideration of
preemption begins with the filing of a
petition by an aggrieved party. The
petition is placed on public notice and
comment on by others. The
Commission’s decision is based on
public record, generally composed of
the petition and comments. The
Commission has considered a number of
preemption items since the passage of
the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
and believes it in the public interest to
inform the public of the information
necessary to support its full
consideration of the issues likely to be
involved in preemption actions. In order
to render a timely and informed
decision, the Commission expects
petitioners and commenters to provide
it with relevant information sufficient to
describe the legal regime involved in the
controversy and to establish the factual
basis necessary for decision.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–9822 Filed 4–29–09; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
April 15, 2009.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burden
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104–13.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act that does not
display a valid control number.
Comments are requested concerning (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance
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the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before June 29, 2009. If
you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: You may submit all your
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail.
To submit your comments by e-mail
send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit
your comments by U.S. mail, mark them
to the attention of Cathy Williams,
Federal Communications Commission,
Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection(s) send an e-mail
to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0647.
Title: Annual Survey of Cable
Industry Prices (‘‘Price Survey’’).
Form Number: FCC Form 333.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 758 respondents and 758
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 7,580 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
The statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in
Sections 4(i) and 623(k) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
If individual respondents to this survey
wish to request confidential treatment of
any data provided in connection with
this survey, they can do so upon written
request, in accordance with Sections
0.457 and 0.459 of the Commission’s
rules. To receive confidential treatment
of their data, respondents need only
describe the specific information they
wish to protect and provide an
explanation of why such confidential
treatment is appropriate.
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Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Section 623(k) of the
Cable Television Consumer Protection
and Competition Act of 1992 requires
the Commission to publish annually a
statistical report on average rates for
basic cable service, cable programming
service, and equipment. The report must
compare the prices charged by cable
operators subject to ‘‘effective
competition’’ and those not subject to
effective competition. The data needed
to prepare this report is collected using
the annual cable industry Price Survey.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–9825 Filed 4–29–09; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Public Information Collection
Requirement Submitted to OMB for
Review and Approval, Comments
Requested
April 21, 2009.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104–13.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid
control number. Comments are
requested concerning (a) whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Commission’s burden estimate; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before June 1, 2009.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget, Comments Requested
April 22, 2009.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection(s), as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. An agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject
to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a
valid control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before June 1, 2009. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or the Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov,
Federal Communications Commission, or an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. To view
a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB:
(1) Go to the Web page https://reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look
for the section of the web page called ``Currently Under Review'', (3)
click on the downward-pointing arrow in the ``Select Agency'' box below
the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) select ``Federal
Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies presented in the
``Select
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Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button to the right of the
``Select Agency'' box, and (6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB
Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR Reference
Number to view detailed information about this ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0512.
Title: ARMIS Annual Summary Report--FCC Report 43-01.
Report No.: FCC Report 43-01.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 45 respondents; 45 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 88 hours (average).
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 219 and 220
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 3,960 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Not applicable.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Ordinarily, questions of a
sensitive nature are not involved in the ARMIS Annual Summary Report
(FCC Report 43-01). The Commission contends that areas in which
detailed information is required are fully subject to regulation and
the issue of data being regarded as sensitive will arise in special
circumstances only. In such circumstances, the respondent is instructed
on the appropriate procedures to follow to safeguard sensitive data.
See 47 CFR 0.459 for procedures for requesting confidential treatment
of data.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is requesting a revision of this
information collection in order to obtain the full three year clearance
from the OMB. The total annual hourly burden for this collection is now
estimated at 3,960 hours, a decrease of 7,128 hours. The Commission
notes that the total number of respondents has decreased from 124 to
45. We are also reducing the hourly burden by to reflect that 80
respondents that will not file this report attributed to the Memorandum
Opinion and Order, FCC 08-271, on December 12, 2008 that reflects the
Commission's forbearance that AT&T, Quest and Verizon need not file
this ARMIS Report. Therefore, the Commission is reporting a -6,952 hour
program change for this change in the annual hourly burden estimate.
Secondly, the Commission is also reducing the hourly burden by a -
176 hour adjustment to reflect two study area carriers that will not
file this report since their revenue falls below the reporting
threshold used for classifying carrier categories for various
accounting and reporting purposes.
Finally, we are increasing the estimated average time per response
by 88 hours to reflect a more accurate estimate to complete and file
the report.
The Commission is requesting OMB approval of a revision of this
information collection. We are decreasing the number of study area
carriers filing this report to reflect the Commission's recent ARMIS
orders. In the December 12, 2008, Memorandum Opinion and Order, WC
Docket No. 07-204, FCC 08-271, the Commission, among other things,
granted forbearance from the obligation of Quest, AT&T and Verizon to
file ARMIS Report 43-01. This forbearance was conditioned on a
Commission approval of those carriers' compliance plans. The Commission
also imposed one further condition on its forbearance from the ARMIS
Financial Reports--that each carrier continue to file an annual public
filing without any assertions of confidentiality, of the pole
attachment cost data currently filed as part of ARMIS Report 43-01 in
WC Docket No. 07-204. The Commission's forbearance required those three
carriers to file pole attachment data for all states in the next annual
filing after approval of their compliance plan, but subsequent filings
with the Commission need not include data for those states that have
certified to regulation of pole attachments. By letters to the
Commission, these three carriers agreed voluntarily to comply with the
pole attachment condition. On December 31, 2008, by public notice, the
Commission found that Quest, AT&T and Verizon had satisfied the
condition that they obtain approval of compliance plans describing in
detail how they will continue to fulfill their statutory and regulatory
obligations. Therefore, these three carriers are no longer required to
file this ARMIS Report 43-01 so long as they comply with the pole
attachment filing condition. We are also reducing the hourly burden to
reflect two additional respondents that will not file this report since
their revenue fell below the reporting threshold used for classifying
carrier's categories for various accounting and reporting purposes.
This is an adjustment reduction of 176 hours to reflect the two fewer
respondents. We are also increasing the number of study area reporting
carriers by one. Finally, the Commission is changing the estimated
average time per response to 88 hours to accurately reflect the
estimated time to complete and file this report.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0859.
Title: Suggested Guidelines for Petitions for Ruling Under Section
253 of the Communications Act.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 80 respondents; 80 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 63-125 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. section 253 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 6,280 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the
Commission. Respondents may request confidential treatment of such
information, in some cases, of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of
the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the OMB during this comment period in order to obtain the
full three year clearance from them. The Commission is requesting an
extension (no change in the reporting requirement). There is no change
in the estimated number of respondents/responses or annual burden
hours.
The Commission published a Public Notice on November 1998 which
established various procedural guidelines related to the Commission's
processing of petitions for preemption pursuant to Section 253 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended. The Commission will use the
information to discharge its statutory mandate relating to the
preemption of state or local statutes or other state or local legal
requirements.
Section 253 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; added by
the Telecommunications Act of 1996, requires the Commission, with
certain important exceptions, to preempt the enforcement of any state
or local statute
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or regulation, or other state or local legal requirement (to the extent
necessary) that prohibits or has intrastate telecommunications service.
The Commission's consideration of preemption begins with the filing of
a petition by an aggrieved party. The petition is placed on public
notice and comment on by others. The Commission's decision is based on
public record, generally composed of the petition and comments. The
Commission has considered a number of preemption items since the
passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and believes it in the
public interest to inform the public of the information necessary to
support its full consideration of the issues likely to be involved in
preemption actions. In order to render a timely and informed decision,
the Commission expects petitioners and commenters to provide it with
relevant information sufficient to describe the legal regime involved
in the controversy and to establish the factual basis necessary for
decision.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-9822 Filed 4-29-09; 8:45 am]
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